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Happy St. Paddy's Day

Ah March, the month of Irish blarney, shamrocks, green beer and tales of the wee folk and fairies. Hope you have taken some "time out" this month to sit back, relax and enjoy listening to "Dame Pridgett and the Fairies", a very old Irish tale about a "gettin' on in years" nursemaid and her "sojourn" into the land of the fairies.

And 'jus cuz it's St. Patrick's Day... here are a few litle Irish laughs and an Irish blessing to brighten your day... Enjoy!

Jimy-Joe went to a pet shop and asked how many budgies were in stock. "We have 99" replied the shop owner "Give us the lot" said the Jimmy-Joe, paid for them and left.

Next, he went to a tailors shop and had 99 pockets sewn into a jacket, put a budgie in each pocket, went up to the Post Office Tower and jumped off.

He hit the ground with an almighty smack and lay there groaning until a passer-by came and asked him what had happened. "I don't know sur" he replied "but that's the last time I try that budgie jumping"

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As soon as she had finished parochial school, a bright young girl named Lena shook the dust of Ireland off her shoes and made her way to New York where before long, she became a successful performer in show business.

Eventually she returned to her home town for a visit and on a Saturday night went to confession in the church which she had always attended as a child. In the confessional Father Sullivan recognized her and began asking her about her work. She explained that she was an acrobatic dancer, and he wanted to know what that meant.

She said she would be happy to show him the kind of thing she did on stage.

She stepped out of the confessional and within sight of Father Sullivan, she went into a series of cartwheels, leaping splits, handsprings and backflips.

Kneeling near the confessional, waiting their turn, were two middle-aged ladies. They witnessed Lena's acrobatics with wide eyes, and one said to the other:

"Will you just look at the penance Father Sullivan is givin' out this night, and me without me bloomers on!"

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My name is Sharon House and I would like to welcome you to my site. Inspired by a lifelong love affair with art and storytelling, I am a self taught artist who combines both loves through sculpting and creating polymer clay characters that tell a story.